Ngokuya ekwamukelweni kwakho konke ukugunyazwa kwemithetho edingekayo, ubambiswano - oluhlanganisa izinkampani ezimbili ezintsha kakhulu kwezemidlalo - luzobandakanya ukwakhiwa kwencwadi yezemidlalo yokuqala endaweni yezemidlalo yobungcweti yase-US, ngokuthuthukiswa kwenkundla yezemidlalo. Incwadi kaWilliam Hill Sports eCapital One Arena. William Hill futhi uzoba uzakwethu wokubheja wezemidlalo okhethekile we-Washington Wizards, Washington Capitals, Washington Mystics kanye ne-Monumental Sports & Entertainment.
“I-Monumental izinikele ekuletheni ubuchwepheshe bakamuva kanye nokuqanjwa kabusha enkundleni yethu nokuletha umuzwa omangalisayo kubalandeli bethu. Sijabulile ukusebenzisana naye William Hill, umholi wemboni ekubhejelweni kwezemidlalo, ukuba inkundla yezemidlalo yobungcweti yokuqala e-US ukufaka incwadi yezemidlalo,” kusho u-Ted Leonsis, usihlalo, umsunguli, uzakwethu oyinhloko kanye ne-CEO, i-Monumental Sports & Entertainment. “Ngalokhu kubambisana, sijabule kakhulu ukuthuthukisa ulwazi lwabalandeli ngamathuba emidlalo aqanjiwe kanye nezinguquko zokudla kanye nezinketho zokupheka hhayi nje ngezinsuku zemicimbi, kodwa unyaka wonke. Ukubambisana kwethu ne William Hill incoma umbono wethu wokwenza inkundla yethu ibe yindawo ephambili yezemidlalo nokuzijabulisa Washington, DC"
“Le ncwadi yezemidlalo izoba yinkundla ephambili kulo mkhakha futhi izosiza abalandeli bezemidlalo Washington DC indawo engafani nezinye,” kusho Joe Asher, isikhulu esiphezulu sikaWilliam Hill US. “Ukubambisana no-Ted Leonsis kanye neqembu lonke le-Monumental bekulungile. Babelana ngombono wethu kanye nezimiso zokuletha amathuba amasha okubheja ezemidlalo kubalandeli ngendlela eqotho. Lesi sivumelwano sibeka uphawu olusha lokuthi imboni izobasiza kanjani abalandeli nokuthi abalandeli bazibandakanya kanjani kwezemidlalo.”
Ngemva kokuthola zonke izimvume zokulawula ezidingekayo, ibhuku lezemidlalo lizosetshenziswa ngu William Hill, ngokunikezwa kwesevisi okugcwele kokudla nesiphuzo, okuhambisana nazo zonke izikhungo zokubheja kwezemidlalo eziphambili ezifana nomkhiqizo. Incwadi, ezoba nezitezi eziningi, izovulwa nsuku zonke, unyaka wonke, futhi ifinyeleleke emphakathini kusukela ku-F Street. Phakathi nezinsuku zegeyimu neminye imicimbi yasenkundleni, abalandeli abanamathikithi nabangenamathikithi bazokwazi ukufinyelela ibhuku lezemidlalo. Incwadi yezemidlalo nayo izovulwa ngezinsuku okungezona ezemicimbi. Abalandeli bezemidlalo abaneminyaka esemthethweni bazoba nethuba lokubheja ngohlelo lokusebenza lweselula lukaWilliam Hill ngaphakathi kwenkundla, njengoba kuvunyelwe Washington DC imithethonqubo.
Ukwakhiwa kokuguqula indawo ibe incwadi yezemidlalo kulindeleke ukuthi kuqale kusalindwe ukugunyazwa kokulawula. Le ncwadi yezemidlalo kulindeleke ukuthi ibe yisizinda sonyaka wonke sabalandeli bezemidlalo kuleli Washington, DC indawo. Abalandeli bazothola ithuba lokuhlangana ukuze babukele imidlalo, ngisho bengekho bukhoma enkundleni. Emicimbini emikhulu, kunethuba lokuguqula isitsha senkundla sibe indawo yokubuka i-TV enezihlalo ezingu-20,000.
Inikwe amandla yifa elaqala ngo-1934, William Hill yasungula ubukhona bayo base-US Las Vegas ngo-2012 futhi isikhule yaba ngumqhubi wezincwadi zezemidlalo ohamba phambili eMelika ngokuzihlukanisa nemboni njengengqalabutho emisha kwezemidlalo nokubheja kwezemidlalo. Ngemuva kwesinqumo seNkantolo Ephakeme yase-US esachitha i-PASPA ngo-2018, William Hill kuholele I-united states ukunwetshwa kokubheja kwezemidlalo futhi manje sekusebenza ezifundeni eziyi-10. Okwamanje inkampani yamukela ukubheja kwezemidlalo okukodwa kokune okubekwe e-US
